"You will never solve the problems of Northern Ireland
by violence"
 (211 K / 19 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
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- "It doesn't take courage to shoot a policeman in the back of
the head or to murder an unarmed taxi driver. What takes
courage is to compete in the arena of democracy as these men
and women are tonight. The tools are persuasion, fairness and
common sense."
- -- former U.S. senator and peace talks chairman George
Mitchell
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"We are all winners or all losers"
(314 K / 28 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
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- "I feel the burden of history can at long last start to be
lifted from our shoulders. In doing what we have done today,
we have carried out what we believe to be the will of the
overwhelming majority of the people of Northern Ireland: the
chance to live in peace, the chance to raise children out of
the shadows of fear."
- -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair
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"It is the people ... who will ultimately decide."
(184 K / 17 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
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- "Today's agreement is a victory for peace and democratic
politics. We have seized the initiative from the men of
violence. Let's not relinquish it, now or ever."
- -- Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern
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"The people will ... seize the gift that they have been
given"
(74 K / 5 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
"The promise of a springtime of peace"
(83 K / 6 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
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- "After a 30-year winter of sectarian violence, Northern
Ireland today has the promise of a springtime of peace. ...
The agreement that has emerged from the Northern Ireland
peace talks opens the way for the people there to build a
society based on enduring peace, justice and equality."
- -- U.S. President Clinton
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Trimble poses a question to Adams
(203 K / 18 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
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- "We in the Ulster Unionist Party rise from this table knowing
that the union is stronger than it was when we sat down. ...
I see a great opportunity for us to start the healing process
here in Northern Ireland."
- -- David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionists, Northern
Ireland's main Protestant, pro-British party
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"... future together as equals"
(243 K / 22 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
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- "Sinn Fein has a vision of the future, of an Ireland free
from division and conflict, a society in which there is
equality for all citizens and where all our people can live
together in peace. And we believe this can be achieved in our
lifetime."
- -- Gerry Adams, leader of the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party
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"We can begin working together"
(269 K / 25 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
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- "I think that for all of our people, Good Friday will be a
very good Friday."
- -- John Hume, chairman of the Social Democratic and Labor
Party, the main Catholic party
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